Keating resigns after comparing church to Mafia

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I am most definitely not a Roman Catholic, nor am I a fan of the institution or many of their doctrines. Haven't followed much about this situation because it seems like everybody and their mother has an ax to grind when they get in front of a camera to talk about it. I pay LITTLE attention to those members of the church who comment on the matter; I pay NO attention when non-Catholics comment on the issue, because you can really see personal prejudices and biases come out to play.

I can see the inherent problems in the whole question for the Church, however. The Church, unlike most of society today, believes in forgiveness, redemption and rehabilitation. IMHO they have a complicated dilemma - at what point does "rendering unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s, and unto God that which is God" become a criminal cover-up? An abdication of the Church's responsibility to minister to the offender and the offended, who are, according to doctrine, equal in the eyes of God?

Any hysterically-inclined who have gotten this far please note - nothing I said should be taken as a defense of child-molesting priests. Nothing I've said should be taken as a defense of covering up that horrid activity.